IMDb plot summary: A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.
Directed by Walter Hill. Starring Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, and Amy Madigan.
What a weird, weird movie! It's like a post-apocalyptic noir musical parody. The dialogue is so over-the-top, the main character such a ridiculous caricature of macho toughness (toward the end of the movie he abruptly punches his lover to knock her out so he can go fight Willem Dafoe - WHAT), it's almost borderline grotesque. And yet also sometimes very compelling. I don't really know what to do with this movie at all, so I'll just shrug and rank it however I can.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Streets of Fire < Star Trek: First Contact
Streets of Fire > Bullitt
Streets of Fire > Beach Party
Streets of Fire < The Tempest (2010)
Streets of Fire < Captain Marvel
Streets of Fire < They Made Me a Fugitive
Streets of Fire > Gozu
Streets of Fire > Blue's Big Musical Movie
Streets of Fire > Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Streets of Fire < Sarah, Plain and Tall
Streets of Fire < Marvin's Room
Streets of Fire > Four Weddings and a Funeral
Final spot: #1897 out of 3106.
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